FireWall-1

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FireWall-1 is a firewall product created by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

The FireWall-1 is a stateful firewall which also filters traffic by inspecting the application layer. It was the first commercially available software firewall to use stateful inspection. FireWall-1 functionality is currently bundled within all the Check Point's perimeter security products. The product previously known as FireWall-1 is now sold as an inseparable part of the VPN-1 solutions, which include the VPN functionality.

Check Point was the market leader for firewalls in the late 1990's but by 2002 it had been overtaken in market share by Cisco's PIX firewall. [1]

FireWall-1 is one of the few firewall products that is still owned by its creators (Check Point Software Technologies). By contrast, most other commercial firewalls such as Cisco PIX and Juniper NetScreen were acquired by their present owners.

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[edit] Platforms

Check Point FireWall-1/VPN-1 software is installed on a separate operating system, which provides the protocol stack, file system, process scheduling and other features needed by the product. This is different to most other commercial firewall products like Cisco PIX and Juniper NetScreen where the firewall software is part of a proprietary operating system.

As of NGX R61—R65, FireWall-1 supports the following operating systems:

Previous versions of Check Point firewall supported other operating systems including HP-UX and IBM AIX. See the table in the Version History section below for details.

FireWall-1/VPN-1 running on the Nokia platform on IPSO is often called a Nokia Firewall as if it was a different product, but in fact it runs the same FireWall-1 software as other platforms.

[edit] Version History

The FireWall-1 version naming can be rather confusing because Check Point have changed the version numbering scheme several times through the product's history. Initially, the product used a traditional decimal version number such as 3.0, 4.0 and 4.1 (although 4.1 was also called Check Point 2000 on the packaging). Then the version changed to NG meaning Next Generation and minor revisions became known as Feature Packs. Then the name changed to NG AI which meant NG with Application Intelligence, and the minor revisions became known as Rxx e.g. NG AI R54. Most recently, the version name has changed to NGX.

Version 3.0 was also sold by Sun Microsystems as Solstice FireWall-1. This was essentially the same product, but with slightly different packaging and file system layout.

The table below shows the version history. The Platforms column shows the operating systems that are supported by the firewall product:

Version Release Date Platforms Notes
1.0 April 1994 SunOS 4.1.3, Solaris 2.3 [2] [3]
2.0 Sep 1995 SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX
2.1 Jun 1996
3.0 Oct 1996
3.0a
3.0b 1997 Windows NT 3.5 and 4.0; Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1 and 2.6; HP-UX 10.x; AIX 4.1.5, 4.2.1
4.0 1998 Windows NT 4.0, Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6 and 7 (32-bit); HP-UX 10.x; AIX 4.2.1 and 4.3.0
4.1 2000 Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8 (32-bit); HP-UX 10.20 and 11; Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.0 (2.2 kernel); IPSO 3.4.1 and 3.5; AIX 4.2.1, 4.3.2 and 4.3.3 Also known as Check Point 2000
NG Jun 2001 Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 7 (32-bit) and 8 (32 or 64-bit); Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.0 (2.2 kernel) NG stands for Next Generation
NG FP1 Nov 2001 Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 7 (32-bit) and 8 (32 or 64-bit); Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.0 (2.2 kernel) and 7.2 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.4.2
NG FP2 Apr 2002 Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 7 (32-bit) and 8 (32 or 64-bit); Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.0 (2.2 kernel) and 7.2 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.5 and 3.6, SecurePlatform NG FP2
NG FP3 Aug 2002 Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 8 (32 or 64-bit) and 9 (64-bit); Red Hat Linux 7.0 (2.2 kernel), 7.2 and 7.3 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.5, 3.5.1 and 3.6, SecurePlatform NG FP3
NG AI R54 Jun 2003 Windows NT 4.0 and 2000; Solaris 8 (32 or 64-bit) and 9 (64-bit); Red Hat Linux 7.0 (2.2 kernel), 7.2 and 7.3 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.7, SecurePlatform NG AI, AIX 5.2 The full name is NG with Application Intelligence
NG AI R55 Nov 2003 Windows NT 4.0, 2000 and 2003; Solaris 8 (32 or 64-bit) and 9 (64-bit); Red Hat Linux 7.0 (2.2 kernel), 7.2 and 7.3 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.7 and 3.7.1, SecurePlatform NG AI Version branches: NG AI R55P, NG AI R55W
NG AI R57 April 2005 SecurePlatform NG AI R57 For product Check Point Express CI (Content Inspection), later VPN-1 UTM (Unified Threat Management) [4]
NGX R60 Aug 2005 Windows 2000 and 2003; Solaris 8 and 9 (64-bit); RHEL 3.0 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.9 and 4.0, SecurePlatform NGX Version branches: NGX R60A
NGX R61 Mar 2006 Windows 2000 and 2003; Solaris 8, 9 and 10; RHEL 3.0 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.9, 4.0 and 4.0.1, SecurePlatform NGX
NGX R62 Nov 2006 Windows 2000 and 2003; Solaris 8, 9 and 10; RHEL 3.0 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 3.9 and 4.1, SecurePlatform NGX
NGX R65 Mar 2007 Windows 2000 and 2003; Solaris 8, 9 and 10; RHEL 3.0 (2.4 kernel), IPSO 4.1 and 4.2, SecurePlatform NGX

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Firewall and VPN Top Level Selected Products: Directory & Buyer’s Guide
  2. ^ Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (1994-05-06). Check Point Introduces Revolutionary Internet Firewall Product Providing Full Internet Connectivity with Security; Wins 'BEST OF SHOW' Award at Networld+Interop '94. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
  3. ^ (1998-07-24). "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" (PDF). Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
  4. ^ Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (2005-04-11). Check Point Adds Antivirus Protection to Integrated Security Solution for Mid-sized Businesses. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.

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